About Professor Weiss

Professor Weiss's research is in the field of comparative politics, focusing on Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Thematically, she explores issues ranging from electoral mobilization and malfeasance, to nationalism and ethnoreligious politics, civil society, gender and sexuality, and new media. Her primary current research projects focus on various dimensions of political networks, party and coalition structures, and the roles and strategies of legislators and other political leaders.

Professor Weiss is a former chair of the Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies and member of the AAS Program Committee, and has held a range of positions in the American Political Science Association, such as in the Southeast Asian Politics group, Caucus for a New Political Science, Committee on Siting & Engagement, and LGBT Caucus. She has testified for the House Committee on International Relations (Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific), briefed various US and Australian government agencies, and served as a State Department lecturer in Malaysia. Professor Weiss has held visiting fellowships or professorships at Kyoto University, the Australian National University, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore), University of the Philippines–Diliman, University of Sydney, Universiti Malaya, and Georgetown University. She has been the recipient of Fulbright, SSRC, ARC, and other grants. Professor Weiss received her PhD and MA degrees from Yale University.